Create and edit a draft view

A draft view can be "empty" because it does not require a model representation and can contain multiple sketches. You can add a draft view to an existing drawing or create a drawing with a draft view containing AutoCAD data.

Start with an active drawing.

Add or activate the sheet on which to place the view. On the ribbon, click Place Views tab Create panel Draft . In the dialog box, set the label and scale for the view. To show the view label on the drawing, click Toggle Label Visibility. To edit the view label in the Format Text dialog box, click Edit View Label. Click OK to close the Draft View dialog box. An empty view is placed and the associated sketch is activated so you can begin sketching. Use the Sketch commands to add geometry, text, and dimensions to the sketch.

Edit draft views

• To edit the view identifier, scale, or to change the view label visibility, select the draft view, right-click, and click Edit View.
• To edit the view geometry, select the sketch, right-click, and click Edit.
• To edit the view label in the Format Text dialog box, select the view label, right-click, and click Edit View Label.
• To edit the view label Text Style, select the view label, right-click, and click Edit Text Style.

A draft view or sketch can be scaled, unlike a regular 2D sketch. If you copy geometry from a draft sketch to a regular sketch, the copied geometry is displayed with the scale as 1:1 in the regular sketch. You can enter a scale that is not on the list. The new scale appears above a line in the list and is available until you close Autodesk Inventor. It is not added to the scale list from the Standard style.